A functional role of the skys polarization pattern for orientation in the greater mouse-eared bat

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Greif, Stefan ^a,b   Borissov, Ivailo ^c   Yovel, Yossi ^c   Holland, Richard A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAT; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIGHT EFFECT; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MOUSE; MYOTIS; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; TAXON; VISION; ANIMAL; ASSOCIATION; BAT; MAGNETISM; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; CUES; FEMALE; MAGNETICS; ORIENTATION;

EID: 84924894042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5488     Document Type: Article

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